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can not keep my own lips from trembling, or my
teardmmed eyes from gazing wistfully at that dear
little fellow with the blue eyes and golden curls,
perched high his fathers shoulder that he can
look the heads of the crowd standing in front of
gay toy store. I held my own boy so last year.
He walked gay streets with his little hand
held in his mothers.
He rode home on my lap in the horse that day
before Christmas He climbed up and put his arms
around my neck to whisper to me wonderful
"sekit' This secret always was:
81 Tub you, papa"
And after had coaxed him into his night clothes
that night and after we had heard his little prayers
with the final "God bless papa and mamma" we
put him to bed and filled the two little blue stock
ings full and piled high the chair on which they
hung. We could hardly sleep for thinking of what
he would do and say when the Christmas morning
came.
This year rode home alone in the car. We sat
silently in our little parlor My wife tried to read
new copy of her favorite magazine but could see
that her eyes were closed behind it's pages
said 1 would go out on the porch and smoke
But my cigar not lighted in the whole hour I
remained without
They were having Christmas tree for my neigh
boris little boy in the house the street. could
see the tree with the pretty boy dancing around it.
knew and felt that he was safe in the arms of the
One who carries the young lambs in His bosom, that
greater love than mine around him, a love that
could forever shield him from all trials and sorrows
but could not help crying out:
"My baby, my boy, l want you myself"
The curtain of our parlor was up few inches, and
could see my wife on her knees and what did she
have in her hands, kissing them again and again with
sobs and tears? The little stockings hung up last
Christmas eve.
Perhaps we will, as the neighbors say, "outgrow
it bye and bye get used to it, but this is the
first Christmas have had to live through since the
baby died.
My wife carries this little in her pocketbook:
ave shall on the banks of the River of Peace,
And dwell on its crystal tide,
And one of the joys OF our heaven will be
The little boy that died.
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THEIR RESPECTIVE VALUES.

Alice Ito clerk -"I
don't know anything
about such articles, but l
want q nice Christmas
present for a young gen.
tleman."
Clerk-"Ye Miss. Well,
we have a superb lot of
ties in all shades, ranging
from rs cents to So. so
apiece"
Alice You may give
me a light blue one with
pink dots for rs cents"
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Charley Ito clerk)-"I
don't know anything
about buying such things,
but l want q Christmas
present for ayounglady."
Clerk-"How would
you like a pair of en-
broidered silk hose at
$15P"
Charley" Well, Isup-
pose they'll do; wrap 'em
up. "-Chicago Neacs.
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danced his head Now there place Mr. Onosnder Goongs
softer than the rest the for children when he
looking his
girl with grsh shynshe said the cheen knd "We small
do
eve would like tell frank
"Tell ory!" repeated Mr. Goong
eyes. Christmas he
Bless heart! what idap said Golong
that half his
Wouldn't like hear one?" asked coaxngy.
"Of woudPm
We're Golong
e
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cts only short one,' said the boy.
"a very short one," added the girl.
well, go ahead said the good-natured old fellow.
And he sat down barrel of potatoes and his young
visitors placed themselves each side of him.
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haunted
things boy This the windows with bowed heads
aching ws blue happy
mother with blue white mined little hand held tightly
while the little lad by her side looks ughngy her and
OF all his hopes plans
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SnowwhiteI
beard winklng blue round fat d good natured
punches holly pinned and there his
aughgod gracious! loud mir provoking
laugh hearing that
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Onosande Goong
all the and
the turkeys and other things that had
things
the packed huge baskets sent their respective
that his
that had rotted hopefully the
avng evidently translated the ong the door Come
asking for with his And from pang tedog he
something with
They dressed children but the girl had bright face and the
jooking little fellow could find anywhere His cheeks
Mr. GoOngs and his black actually
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A LONELY CHRISTMAS.

pair stockings hang house last Christmas
stockings with hole little foot and the heel thin
in the other This year there to hang
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CHRISTMAS.
GEORGE HERBERT, 1593-16S2.

The shepherds sing; and shall silent be?
My God, no hymn for Thee?
My SOULS shepherd, too; a flock it feeds,
OF thoughts, and words and deeds.
The pasture is Thy word; the streams Thy grace,
Enriching all the place.
Shepherd and flock shall sing, and all my powers
Out-sing the daylight hours.
Then we will chide the sun for letting night
Take up his place and sight;
We sing one common Lord; wherefore he should
Himself the candle hold.
will go searching till find sun
Shall stay till we shall shine as gladly
As frost-nipt suns look sadly.
Then we shall sing and shine all our own day,
And one another play;
His beams shall cheer my breast and both so twine
Till even his beams sing and my music shine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-17
DETROIT ONE GAME AHEAD
The Big Batters Get the Best Of Clarkson
and Score Five Runs in One Inning.
Boston Loses Another Game to New York and
Charges 1t to the Umpire, and Philadel-
phia Again Defeats the Washingtons.

CHICAGO, Aug 16-Fifteen thousand people
saw Detroit win to-day's game in the fourth in
ming. Clarkson was put in to pitch for Chicago.
and. with the exception of that inning. proved
rs formidable as ever. By to-day's victory De-
troit is once more in the lead for the champion
Bhip. being one game ahead of Chicago. Getzein
was very effective, only Flint and Sullivan hit
ting him safely, excepting in the eighth inning,
when he let down a little and Chicago batted
out two runs Chicago scored first in the third
inning on Flint's home the leftfeld
wall In the eighth inning Flint led off with
three baser, and Van Haltren followed with
aouble. bringing him in and scoring moment
later on Sulivans hit Detroit made five runs
In the fourth inning Broutherss home run,
Burns's tumble two bases balls, singles by
White, Twitchell and Getzein and ClaTksons
wild throw of Getzeins hit to Arson. Score:
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Social Blunders.


made faux pas yesterday of q sort which it
is more common than agreeable to commit.
Happening go into shop for the purpose of
asking some little favor l thought to requite it
in a measure by kind of inquiry as to the son
of the shop keeper. with whom l had been used
to deal. Instead OF receiving the customary Bos-
ton reply of He is Is nicely, thank you," was
Mortified by his fathers blunt remark: my
son has gone to the devil Yes, sir, the young
cub has taken to drinking and bad company
and have turned him out" murmured some
platitudes about ''rsform." "wild oats" etc.,
and beat hasty retreat. But this nothing
to the experience of an absent minded physi-
cian friend of mine, who, on his return to the
city after long vacation happened to meet
certain lady in horse car. And how is your
husbandl"he inquired. after the usual salutations
Doctor" was the reply, "have you forgotten
already that you attended him in his last ilnessl"
Hum, ha. hum" he said, ''of course. / remem-
Der, it was your son that had in mind; meant
to inquire about him." He died two years ago
while under your care" was the response, in a
voice in which anger predominated over grief
This was more than human flesh could bear, and
the unfortunate physician fed, without stopping
to inquire If there were still come member of the
family at whose departure he had not yet as
sisted.
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The Drummer had Studied Women.

Binghamton Republican
At Delhi lost two dollars a bet with an
old weather-beaten glove agent from Glovers-
vile. clergyman was standing on the plat
form waiting for the train, when the agent bet
that when the train pulled out the clerical gen.
tieman would seat himself in the seventh seat
from the front of the car, on the right-hand
side. AS was positive that
the parties not acquainted.
1 naturally put up the money. When the train
pulled up to the depot l noticed the agent was
the first to jump aboard, and when he came to
the seat his money that was up on he quietly de-
pofited his ay-colored grip and linen duster in
itand then made his exit from the car A bevy OF
young ladies were just then entering the Car,
and my friend with knowing wink said:
Now you just watch them women seat them
selves around that grlpsack- They will fill every
seat in front of it and behind it and alongside
OF it, and if they could get into the hat rack
over it they would fill that, too"
He then rushed into the car and grabbed the
magnetizing grip and duster from the seat and,
as luck would have it, the clergyman, who was
next to enter the car. with meek and resigned
look, humby settled himself down into its soft
cushions, probably to mediate upon his next
sermon
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prayer is a sham, and he must make restitution
if he expects ever to have God hear his
prayer Thereupon a merchant from Dallas.
Tex, rose in the audience and told story that
emphasized this point He had he said, got
dishonesty from men in his business some $780,
and had builta house with the money. Then
Mr. Moody happened along and preached on
was present 81 heard YOU" he said pointing
to Mr.. Moody, 'and 1 went out into the street
conscience stricken. l went straight
home and told my wife must sell that house
and restore the money. And we did. We held
auction, and our carpets. our laces, our fur
niture all left us, and with the proceeds we made
restitution" The man then told how he and his
wife started again in life with nothing and how
he had prospered His credit, his prosperity,
had never been SO good.
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Racing mt Saratoga.

SARATOGA. Aug. 16-The racing was con-
tinued to-day it being the nineteenth day OF the
regular season. The weather was threatening
early in the morning. but cleared off beautifully
by 1130 o'clock. The track was fast.
First observation-disclosures of mile. Harry
Russell won, with Cassett second and Lelex third.
Time 1:161.
Second Race-Free handicap: sweepstakes;
Arch second and Queen Elizabeth third. Time,
LOCI.
Third Race-The Foxhall stake: one mile and
five furlongs. Tramp won, with Glenspray Sec
ond and Carey third Time 2:57.
Fourth Race-One mile. Rosalind won, with
Himalya second and Maggie Mitchell third.
Time. 1434.
Fifth Neutrality-suspicious. of mile. Brough-
ton won. with Unique second and Jubilee third.
Time Lie
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The Old, Old Story Told Again.

Atch1SOn GIObe.
My lover came down TO the garden gate, and
he whispered SO soft to me-(O we'll / remem-
ber the hour was late, and we stood by the
chestnut tree and he gathered me MP in his
arms strong, and his eyes were alight with
love; and little we cared for the nightingale's
song in the limbs of the above) His voice was
as soft a golden Tyre. as he
whispered his thoughts to me. and his eves were
filed with heroic fire that was grand for a maid
to see. And what were the words that my lover
said as we stood by the gate alone2 10 how gen.
ty he lifted my dropping head. as he said in his
manly tone-tO seem to stand by the gate
again. as l stood in that night in June while the
light of happy moon, And the glad, glad
thoughts that to my breast he
whispered these words to me! The sun was hid
In the golden west. sunk low in the flowing seal
And my lover sighed lest his words should meet
a short and cruel rebuff. as he cried, in voice
that was strangely sweet, We'll, say. is this hot
enoughl"
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hugely at the expense of the tail-enders. King
pitched for six innings. until the game was won,
and then he gave Robinson chance at the
babies. The Cleveands could not hit the ball at
the right time and as soon as several OF them
got on bases the Browns would make a double
pitched a very wild game. and his support was
ragged. Score:
st. Louis o o o o Oil
Cleveland. o o l.
Earned runs-St. Louis. 5; Cleveland 3. Two-base
hit-Kng. Three base hits-Hotaling and Munyan.
Stolen bases-Csrron, WEIGH. Robinson CD Double
plays-Latham and Boyle; Mexican. Stricker and
Reipschlager First base balls-Latham, Gleason,
Cornisky Mexican ~. Hotaling t2), Allen l2), Car
roll, Munyan (2). Errors-Cleveland. 8; ST. Louis.
o. First base on errors-St- Louis, 3. Struck out
Conisky, Boyle (2). King. Munyan t2) Passed balls
Snyder, 1; Boyle, A. Wild pitches.Morrison, =;
Robinson L. Tirne-2:0O Umpire-Ferguson.
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meets abroad is the Anglicized American, the
man who apes both in manners and language
what he regards as the English aristocracy, af
fects TO believe everything in England perfect
and seems to be ashamed to institute any favor
able comparison between his country and Eng
land. There was one of this type on the steamer,
q graduate of Harvard, so delighted with En-
elish society that he claimed to spend every
season there. He was inquired of at the public
table as to the makeup of the Congress of the
United States. and deliberately told the gentle
man who asked him. who by the way was an
Englishman. that each State in the United
States had one Senator and two Representa-
tives. An American woman at the table cor
rected him. Singularlv enough. the exposure
Of his ignorance did not seem to mortify him.
The dispatch to the Chicago News alleging
hostility between myself and Mr.. Blaine at
Edinburgh entirely without foundation.
Mr. Blaine was apparently DESTROYS that l
should accompany him and his party through
Scotland and Ireland, and Mrs. Blaine and Mrs.
Hale also joined in the invitation. but having
travelled with friends through the continent,
We could not with proUriety desert them in
Great Britain. Mr.. Blaine also kindly invited
me to all the Carnegie festivities. Mr.. Hale's
family will remain abroad but Mr.. Hale will
return n the fall. Mr.. Blaine is in good health.
Mr.. Blaine is coming home in June.
Il took good deal of interest in the armies
of Europe. I saw great review in Paris, one
in Italy, two in Germany and in England.
The French soldiers, in equipment and physique.
seem TO me inferior, very young. not well fitted
out Their uniforms are bad. There is a won
derful dash about rhe Italian soldiers. They
are aOlo-OoQl6d ana we'll clObn6d, Iull OF 6plrls
and enthusiasm. The German soldiers are the
best disciplined and the finest looking. Their
uniforms and equipments were all in good condi-
tion The troops | saw in England were crack
regiments. that could hardly institute COM
parison between them and the troops of other
nations. It seems that there must be a Eu-
ropean war in the near future. The only way
to avoid it is to disoand the armies and that
cant be done. Peace is preserved today in
Europe by Emperor Williams determination
that no German army shall go into the field
without him and his knowledge of the fact that
at his age this is impossible. believe trouble
will shortly follow his death. The impression I
received is that the Crown Prince is afflicted
with an incurable disease 1 saw Emperor
William twice. He looks old, but stood out in
the rain at Potsdam and reviewed the troops.
Bismarck is powerful politically but is power
less with the army.
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A Narrow Escape.

Omaha World.
First Omaha Burelar-I tell you it's awful the
way things are in New England, twenty or thir-
ty women to every man.
Second Omaha Burglar suppose so. All
the men have come West.
Eyes, that's how it is"
"Did you get much Doodle theref"
Eyes; but had narrow escape once. l no
ticed the finest lot of diamonds you ever
saw on Boston girl who was just
going out of the house to lecture
or something, and watched my chance and got
in and hid under her bed. You ses 1 was think
ing she would be so interested the lecture she
went to that she wouldn't think to look around
for burglars you know"
YES"
''But when she came in the first thing she did
was to look under the bed, and there she saw
me-"
did she scream or faint2"
''She just grabbed me- with both hands and
held on like grim DEATH"
'Eh! How did you get awayF
II explained to her that was already married
and she let me GO"
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MRS. BARRY'S MISSION.
General Organizer of the X. of 1.-The Object
of Her Appointment.

General Organizer of the X. of 1.-The Object
of Her Appointment.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Mrs. Leonora NJ. Barry, of Amsterdam, n.
Y. was seen this morning at the 4. of l.. head
quarters by reporter of this paper.
She was requested to give and explanation of
her official position as lecturer and organizer
of the Knights or Labor. she being the first, and
yet. the only woman employed by the order
in her field of labor. Mrs. Barry is tall and
pleasan t-looking. wearing dark dress. and has
resolute expression upon her face. Her eyes
are blue and appear wlde-awake. She has her
self faced in the Sums of New York
which many men shrink from. She is very
fluent conversationalisr and does not mince
matters in the discussion of the wrongs of her
SEX which it is her duty and pleasure to redress.
Mrs. Barry conversed follows with all
the mistakes of the K of L., real and alleged,
the order cannot be accused of neglecting the
moral and physical welfare of it's members You
desire to know my occupation within the order
and what my field of work is! Well, I will
plain as clearly as possible. The women present
at the Hamilton. Ont. general convention Of the
K. of L. were allowed TO present to the order
memorial setting forth number of grievances.
At the Richmond general convention 1 was con-
s.ituted the woman organizer OF the order
II had some inkling of what confronted me,
but the daily troubles I unearth have almost
made me fanatical upon the subject OF oppres-
sion of our In the first place. the scope Of
female work has been largely increased A great
number of women now find employment in all
sorts of enterprises. What was my astonish
imaginable among our members in certain
places When organizers were men. the
women were 10th to appeal to them. but to me
they told some very pitful things. I am daily
called upon to interfere between some poor girl
who has been grossly ipsulted by some male
boss underlne and VINO fears discharge If
she resents it. What makes the matter more
difficult of remedy is am sorry to say, that
&onle of the girls do not resent these attempted
familiarities. while others who make show of
doing carry the influence OF such surround
ings with them to other communities.
1.-The cardinal trouble that the order has to
confront is the starvation wages paid girls in
stores and such places as q woman is compelled
to dress moderately well in order to hold her
position. can make this evident by case in
Philadelphia acted upon last week. A we'll
educated and refined girl presented herself at
dry goods store and asked for employment. She
was engaged and she asked what salary she
would receive When told four dollars she said
she could not pay board and dress that the
intimation was that other arrangements would
have to be made for the dresses.
'It is cases like that that the K. of L. proposes
to redress. have a plan of appealing to the
public for help in my crusade against low wages
and the consequent degradation of my SEX"
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WHAT SENATOR FRYE SAW IN EUROPE
Poverty of the Masses-The Drink Evil in
Great Britain-Appearancee Of the Armies.

Poverty of the Masses-The Drink Evil in
Great acknowledgements Of the Armies.
Lewiston (Ale.) Special.
Senator Frye and Mrs. Frye who arrived
here on Friday frem their trip to Europe. have
gone to their cottage on Squirrel island. Senator
Frye said:
1--WE have been absent about five months and
we have had very enjoyable trip. We have
and although we have seen many places we
have seen no place like home-no place
You will find in the old world much
most painfully was the poverty of the masses
Of the people. Why. the people in Europe live
on the poorest food and mighty little of it. [
found that laborers in Glasgow work for
rs. 3D. a day-62 cents I was charmed with
Edin burgh, but when l drunk,
fighting in her beautiful streets. the modern
Athens lost her charms. l cannot convey to
you the picture of the degradation and want
throughout Great Britain caused by drink. L
amused when l hear people complain of the
water in Europe Mrs. FRYE and myself man
wire Or strong drink, and L think we have stood
il esty we'll The water in Europe is good as
a RUE / came back stouter cold-water man
than when l went away. The drink evil is
horror.
Speaking OF wages found girls in factories
in Venice working with great skill for from to
II cents day the most experienced getting IL
cents day, cat of which they have to live. But
how they live Is wonder. Their chief diet is
maccaroni Farm hands all over Europe, women,
earn 20 cents a day. Women do most of the
field work. / saw no improved machinery
the farms OF the continent. / have seen twenty
women in one field at work, a man in sight
The plain people have no meat to eat but once a
week on the continent The condition of Ameri-
can wage-earners IS incomDarably better than
that of the working people in Europe. 1t is the
difference between comfort and competence and
discomfort and insufficient food and clothing
Perhaps the most contemplate person one
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Racing at Monmounth Park.

NEW YORK, ave. 16.-The first race at Mon
mouth Park to-day, seven eighths of a mile, was
won by Flageoetta; Brazil second, Spalding
third. Time, 1921.
Second Race-Three- quarters of mile Fitz-
james won; Specially second, Satan third. Time,
E164.
Third Race-One and oneeighth mile. Lag
gard won; Pontico second, Long knight third.
Time, 157.
Fourth Race-One and three-sixteenths mile.
Eolian won; Belvidere second, Phil Lee third.
Time 2:O4z.
Fifth Race-One mile. Easter Sunday won;
Gonfalon second. Suitor third. Time, 1:45.
Sixth Race-One and one-fourth mile, over
five hurdles. Bassance won; Referee second,
Littlefellow third. Time, 2:2l.
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Bicycle Racing.

CINcINNATI Aug. 16-The bicycle races of
the first day Of the Hamilton county fair
run to-day in the presence of highly interested
crowd of spectators. They were run a rough
race track.
tries A. M. Watcher won; B. c. Decamp sec
ond c. B. Meyer third. Time, 7:O5
Second Race-Half mile; five entries. Harry
Crominger won: L. c. Toice second, w. NJ.
Green wood third. Time. 1888.
Third Race-One mile four entries. Charles
Crominger won; A. X. Turner second, c. l..
Smith third. Time Cos As
Fourth Rsce-Three miles; three entries. F.
Andres won; L. B. Perrin second, c. b. Meyer
third. Time, 1927 40
Fifth Race-Two and one half miles; four
tries E. CromInger won; J. w. Rowe second,
G. B. Meyer third Time, 8:37.